AFP Obama leads McCain by 10 points in new poll Democrat Barack Obama, propelled forward by mounting economic concerns among Americans, now leads his Republican rival John McCain 53 percent to 43 percent, a new opinion poll showed Monday. Authors of the ABC News/Washington Post survey said historically, no presidential candidate has been able to…
therawstory AFP Bush approach to war on terror under pressure as term ends The Bush administration has come under renewed pressure over its anything-goes approach to the “war on terror” that could leave tough problems behind for a new president, analysts say. A federal judge’s order this week that 17 Chinese Muslim Uighurs be released…
Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers The Senate Intelligence Committee is examining allegations by two former U.S. military linguists that the super-secret National Security Agency routinely eavesdropped on the private telephone calls of American military officers, journalists and aid workers. NSA interceptors purportedly shared some intercepts of highly personal conversations, including “phone sex.” If the allegations…
